Cucumber Salad

Cucumber Salad

Ingredients:

Cucumber 2-3

Fresh Coconut grated 100gms

Mustard  1-2 tsp

Cumin seeds 1-2 tsp

2 green chillies (according to the spice what you need)

Curry pattha  5/6 leaves.

Salt to taste

2 tsp of oil

Lemon juice 2 tsp

Pinch of asafoetida will enhance the taste. 

 Method:

Cut the cucumber or grate it and  mix grated coconut.

In a kadai heat  2 tsp of oil, add  mustard, cumin, hing, chillies, and curry patta. Mix this with cucumber and add salt and lemon juice mix well and serve.

Hyderabadi vegetables

Ingridents:

2 cups of chopped vegetables:

Carrots, peas, beans and potatoes.

1 finely chopped aubergine (egg plant)

Florets of cauliflower

1 finely chopped onion

1 tsp of ginger paste

few bay leaves

1 tsp of ghee

3 tsp of garlic paste

½ cup of yoghurt

Juice of half a lemon

½ tsp of cardamom powder

A pinch of clove powder

A pinch of red chilli powder for taste

¼ tsp of turmeric powder

2 tsp oil

Salt to taste.

Water as required.

Method:

Cut carrots, beans, potatoes diagonally. Cut the brinjals into rings and some cauliflower into smaller florets.

Heat water in a bowl and once the water is hot, add the potatoes and when the potatoes is 70% done add peas and little bit of salt. Heat oil in a pan and fry the chopped cauliflowers, carrots, beans and brinjals.

Take one tsp of desi  ghee   and add some bay leaves, 3 large spoons of garlic paste, 1 tsp of ginger paste, ½  sliced onion. Roast till they turn light brown in colour and then add some yoghurt, turmeric powder and red chilli powder.

Once the mixture is  done, add all the boiled and fried vegetables and add some salt, lemon juice, green cardamom powder, clover powder, and cinnamon powder.

Mix all the vegetables and serve hot with rice or roti.

Rava Dosai

Ingredients

Cream of Wheat (Rava) 1 cupRice flour 1 cupAll purpose flour (Maida) 1 cupPepper 1 t.spoonCumin seeds 1
t.spoonGreen chilles 6-8 finely choppedGinger 1 small piece finely choppedCurry leaves finely choppedCilantro finelymchopped. Salt 1.5 t.spoons, Cooking Oil 1-2 t.spoon per dosai.

Method:

Mix rava, maida, and rice flour in water to make slightly watery batter.Add all the other ingredients except oil, to the above batter. Keep this batter in room temperature for atleast 20 minutes before making dosas.

Madhur Vadai

Ingredients

All purpose flour 1 cupWheat flour 1 cupRice Flour 1 cupBesan 1 cupChilli powder 2 spoonChopped
onionsGreen chilles 2Hing a small pinchSalt 3/4 t.spoonGinger a small piece gratedCurry leaves a fewCilantro a small bunch washed and finely choppedCooking Oil for frying
Method     

Mix all the above ingredients with little water, make small balls and deep fry in oil.

Palak Paneer

Ingredient
· 3 bunches spinach
· 1 onion
· 25 mm (1") piece ginger
· 3 green chillies
· ½ teaspoon turmeric powder
· 225 grams (8 oz.) paneer
· 2 tablespoons ghee
· Ghee for deep frying
· A pinch soda bi-carb
· Salt to taste

Procedure
· Chop the onion, ginger and chillies finely.
· Chop the spinach finely, add ¼ teacup of water and a pinch of soda bi-carb and cook.
· When cooked, blend in a liquidiser
· Cut the paneer into small pieces and deep fry in hot ghee
· Heat the ghee in a vessel and fry the onions for a little time.
· Add the ginger, green chillies and turmeric powder and fry again for a little time
· Add the spinach, paneer and salt.

Rava laddu (Ravaalaadu)

white rawa - 1 kg, sugar - 1 1/2 kg, cardomom - 10 (powdered), ghee - 200 g, cashewnut - 50 g
Roast rava in a dry pan and powder it.To this add finely powdered sugsr, cardomom powder. Roast the cashews in ghee
and add to the mixture. Heat the ghee slightly until it melts and add it to the mix well. Make into even sized balls with this flour.

Dal ka seera

YOU NEED;

500 gm Moong dal (green)

500 gm sugar

500 gm ghee

saffron soaked in a little milk

elaichi powder

water about 250 ml.

Method

Soak the dal for 5-6 hours.

Wash and remove the skins well.

Grind dal fine either in a stone grinder or electric grinder or mixie.

Use as little water as possible.

Put sugar and water in a pan and put to boil.

Once sugar dissolve add a few tblsp. of milk.

As the syrup boils the scum will rise.

Remove with a strain.

Further boil till the syrup become sticky between the fingers.

(One thread should fall when poured from a tilted spoon) keep aside.

Heat the ghee in a heavy kadai (vessel) and add dal.

Keep stirring rigorously to avoid burning.

Once the dal stops sticking to the vessel, stir gradually till golden brown, and ghee begins to separate.

Pour the hot syrup, add elaichi and dissolved saffron.

Stir very carefully, not allowing hand to be scalded. Cook slowly till all water is absorbed.

Decorate with chopped dry fruit.

Serve hot especially on a cold day.

Rava (Semolina) Ladoo

Ingredients:

1 cup rava
3/4 cup sugar
2 tbsp. ghee
1/4 cup milk

METHOD:
Take ghee in a deep saucepan and heat.
Add rava and cook on low heat. Stir continuously.
When the rava turns light brown add the sugar. Stir for 3-4 minutes.
Keep aside cool for some time. Add cardomom powder, coconut flakes and saffron.
Add half the milk. Mix well. Wet hand with milk and shape the mixture in ladoos.
Serves: 12 helpings
Time required: 1/2 hr.
Shelf life : 15 days

Bread Pakoras

You need:

• 5 slice of bread
• 1 cup gram flour
• 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
• Salt to taste.
• 1/2 tsp ajwain.
• Red chilli powder to taste
• 1/4 tsp garam masala powder
• Water for batter.
• Oil for frying.

Cut the bread slices into squares or triangles. In a bowl, add gram flour, salt, chilli powder, garam masala, ajwain, and mix well.


Now by pouring little water, make a smooth batter (neither too thick nor too lose).

Heat oil in a wok. Dip bread piece in the batter and fry till crisp on medium flame, serve them hot with green chutney and tomato sauce.

Aloo Bonda

You need:

• 2 large potatoes boiled  and mashed.
• 1-2 green chilies. (chopped)
• 1 tbsp coriander leaves (finely chopped)
• 1 cup gram flour. about 100 gms.
• Salt to taste. 
• Red chilli powder to taste.
• 1/4 garam masala powder.
• Oil for frying.

Add salt, chilli powder, garam masala, coriander, and green chillies to the mashed potatoes and mix well.
In a bowl take a cup of gram flour; add turmeric powder, little salt and chilli powder to it. Add water bit by bit, mixing with hand make a batter, which should be neither too dense or thin.

Make small balls of aloo (potato)

Dip each ball in the batter and deep fry them till golden brown, serve with chutney.

Dosa with difference(Curry leaves dosa)

Dosa with curry leaves, a very neutriotious dish. Grind a huge bunch of curry leaves, green chilies, dhania, onions, and garlic and add it to any dosa batter and make dosas and serve with low fat yogurt.

In this way you can also make your kid eat different kind and dosa with full of  Iron.

Green Banana Fry

Ingredients:

• 1 spoon dania powder.
• 1spoon Jeera powder.
• 1/ 2 spoon haldi powder.
• 1/2 spoon lalmirchi powder.
• 1/2 garam masala powder.
• 1/2 spoon amchur powder.
• 1/2 spoon namak.
• 2 spoons besan.
• 2-3 tejpatta.
• 2 spoons coriander leaves chopped.
• 2-3 hara katcha kele. (Raw banana)

Method:
Take little oil in a kadai. Add tejpatta, put the raw banana. (cut it according to ur choice). Leave it to cook for 5 minutes.Add all the above ingredients. Add little water and again cook it for 5-10 minutes. Serve hot with roties.

Urud Vadai (Medhu vadai)

Soak 1 cup urud dal in sufficient amt of water for 1 hour and grind into a thick fine flour. Add 1 tsp salt, 2-3 chopped green
chillies, 1 tsp whole black peppers, a bunch of curry leaves and mix well. On a plastic piece of paper place a ball of this and
flatten it by hand. Deep fry this in oil and turn over until the vada turns golden brown.

Cabbage Vadai

Soak 1 cup of urul dal for 1 hour and grind into a thick fine paste.
To 1 volume of this add I volume of finely cut cabbage pieces ,add salt - 3/4 spoon and mix well
Take a plastic sheet of paper and put even sized balls of this and flatten it. Deep fry this in boining oil. Turn Turn over until golden brown in colour and it is fully cooked…

Cauliflower Curry

(serves 6)
Ingredients 

Cauliflower - 3 cups (in flowerets)
Peeled and cubed potatoes - 2 cups
Oil  4 tablespoons
Coriander leaves - 1 tablespoon
Rasam powder - 2 teaspoon
Cummin seeds - 1 teaspoon
Salt - 1 teaspoon
Sugar - 1 teaspoon
Turmeric powder  1/4 teaspoon
Hing powder - 1/4 teaspoon
Onion - 2
Green chillies - 2
Capsicum - 1
Ginger - 1 cm

Method:

Chop all vegetables.
Heat three tablespoons oil in a kadai, add the cummin seeds and hing powder. When the cummin seeds
splutter add the onions, capsicum, green chillies and ginger into the hot oil and fry till the onion turns golden. Add tomatoes and fry till it becomes mushy. Add cauliflower, potatoes and turmeric powder, fry a bit, add salt, sugar and quarter cup of water. Cover and cook till the vegetables are cooked and the curry is dry. Add the rasam powder, coriander leaves and the remaining one tablespoon of oil-fry till you get a lovely aroma. Remove and serve piping hot with rotis or rice. (Plain potato curry can also be made the same way).

Basic Curry Sauce

Ingredients

· 3 tablespoons vegetable oil or ghee (clarified butter)

· 1 medium onion - finely chopped

· 4 cloves garlic - peeled and sliced

· 1.5 inch piece root ginger - peeled and thinly sliced (it should look about the same volume as the garlic)

· (optional) 2 mild fleshy green chillies - de-seeded and veined then chopped

· half teaspoon turmeric powder

· half teaspoon ground cumin seed

· half teaspoon ground coriander seed

· 5 tablespoons plain passata (smooth, thick, sieved tomatoes, US = purée) or 1 tablespoon concentrated tomato purée (US = paste) mixed with 4 tablespoons water.

Method

Heat the oil in a heavy pan then add the chopped onion and stir for a few minutes with the heat on high.

Add the ginger, garlic and green chilli (if using). Stir for 30 seconds then put the heat down to very low.

Cook for 15 minutes stirring from time to time making sure nothing browns or burns.

Add the turmeric, cumin and coriander and cook, still very gently, for a further 5 minutes. Don't burn the spices or the

sauce will taste horrid - sprinkle on a few drops of water if you're worried.

Take off the heat and cool a little. Put 4 fl oz cold water in a blender, add the contents of the pan and whizz until very smooth. Add the passata and stir.

Put the puréed mixture back into the pan and cook for 20 - 30 minutes (the longer the better) over very low heat stirring occasionally.

You can add a little hot water if it starts to catch on the pan but the idea is to gently "fry" the sauce.

which will darken in colour to an orangy brown. The final texture should be something like good tomato ketchup.

Warning - it WILL gloop occasionally and splatt.

Horsegram Sprouts Masala ( Hurulikalu Palya) and Rasam

Ingredients:

Soaked and sprouted Hurulikalu 2 cups

Grated coconut ½ cup

Mustard seeds 1table spoon

Jeera 1 table spoon

Hing (astofodia) a pinch

Tamarind water   10 tablespoons.

Green or Red chilles 2-3

MTR rasam powder 2 table spoons.

Turmeric powder 1/2 table spoon.

Curry patta little.

Coriander leaves chopped little.

Jaggery 1 tablespoon 

Salt to taste.

2-4 table spoons of oil.

For Rasam:

Pressure cook the sprouted kalu drain the water and keep the kalu aside. Take a kadai and little oil, add mustard, jeera, tamarind water, rasam powder, turmeric powder, curry patta, coriander leaves  and jaggery. Do not forget to add hing.  When it comes to boil add the drained water.  And take a little kalu and grind it to paste and mix to the rasam.

For playa:

Take little oil and add mustard, jeera, red or green chilles, curry patta, and hing. Add the boiled and drained sprouts mix it well. Add grated coconut and mix it well.

Rawa Kichadi

Vegetables - Beans, carrots, onions Cut the vegetables into fine pieces.
Take 1 cup of rawa and lightly roast without oil to make it crisp. 
Pour 3 teaspoons of oil in a fry pan and add mustard seeds.When it splatters, add 1 tsp urud dal, 1 teaspoon gram dal, and roast lightly.
Add a pinch of asafoetida. 
Now add 3 cups of water and when it begins to boil add rawa and keep stirring till all the water is absorbed and it becomes thick (fully cooked).

Baby Onion Dry Gravy

Ingredients:

• Baby onions: ¼ kilos.
• Kasuri Methi: 1 table spoons
• Red chilli powder: ½ table spoon
• Jeera : ½ table spoon
• Garlic 2-3 cloves: cut into small pieces
• Turmeric powder: ¼ tea spoon.
• Garam masala powder:1/2 table spoon.
• Oil for frying and salt for taste.

How to make it:

•  Cook baby onions separately drain the excess water.
• Take little oil in kadai, add jeera, kasuri methi, garlic, red chilli powder, turmeric powder, garam masala powder and mix well. 
• After 2 min add onions and add salt.
• Leave it on sim for few minutes until onion mixes well.
• Serve with chapathies.

Green gram pakodies

Ingredients:
Soak green gram dal overnight: about 1and1/2 cups which serves 3-4
Green chillies-2, Ginger paste 1/2 tsp, coriander leaves chopped about 1/4 cup, and salt for taste,
Oil for frying.

How to make it:
Grind soaked green gram dal after draining the water, to the medium ( do not add water if it is not required, and do not grind it to paste) add all the ingredients to it and grind it.

Make small round balls and fry, serve it with chutney.

Garlic Rice with Nigar seeds

Normally, nigar seeds is used to preapre a powder in North Karnataka with Jower Roties.

Serves 2-3
Ingridents:
long grain rice: 1/4 Kg cooked with less water.
Garlic cloves: 3-4
Nigar seeds: 1 tea spoon.
Curry patta: few
Cumin seeds: 1/2 tsp
Red chillies: 1-2
Salt and oil

How to make it:

Keep the cooked rice to cool a bit,.
Take oil or ghee in a kadai, add cumin seeds, garlic smash it or paste of garlic, add red chillies, curry patta and nigar seed powder.

Finally, add rice and mix it well serve hot.

Talwa Parantha

Ingredients:
400 gms of wheat flour, 2 cups of chilli flakes, 1tsp of desi ghee, 1 1/2 tsp of cumin seeds, 1 cup of fresh green peas, oil for frying, salt, and water.

To make it:
Mix wheat flour, chilli flakes, and salt and knead a dough, keep it aside.
For the stuffing:
Heat desi ghee, and cumin seeds, green peas, salt and red chilli powder, when cooked keep it aside to cool and with the help pf knife coarsely chop them, make small cups with the dough, fill with stuffing and roll gently to make paranthas.  fry them in ghee in a kadai not tawa and serve hot.